Improvement in ironing-tables



W. H. FLINT. lroning-Tahles.

Patented April], 1874.

!NVENTOR.

WITNESSES STA'IES PATENT OFFICE INALLAOE H. FLINT, OF BRANDON, VERMON'I.

- IMPROVEMENT IN IRQNI'NG-TABLES.

Speoification forming pa1t of Letters Patent N o. 149,459, dated April 7, 1874; application filed February 23, 1874.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLAOE H. FLINT, 6f Brandon, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, have invented an Improved Ironing-Table, of which the following is a speoification:

This invention relates to folding ironing-tables; and oonsists, first, in a sleeve-board sding in longitudinal ways beneath the main board, so as to projeot at 1:he end of the table when required; second, in a single button, or its equivalent,applied to the sliding sleeveboard, in comb'ination With the folding legs and their appurtenances, to seoure the whole in compacted condition.

In the acoompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a. persp6otive view of the improved ironingtable as itappears when fully in use. Fig. 2 is a vertioal longitudinal seotion of one end thereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4is a perspective view of the talole proper as compacted for stowing away or for shipment.

A main board, A, which n 1ay be of any approved shape, oonstitutes the top of tl1is table. T0 the under side of this, near its respeotive ends, a parallel pair of transverse bars, B O, are attaohed by sorews 01 nails, and a longi tudinal pair 0f under-out guide-rails are seeured in like manner between them. A framed pair of legs, E, is attaohed totl1e bar B by hinges z, so as to fold inward, and a similar pair of legs, F, with an additional cross-bar,

y, ab top, is attached to the cross-bar C by loose dowels x, a button, G, being provided to seoure this joint. The pairs of legs are united by longitudinal side bars H, attaohed to the legs by hinges w, and a diagonal brace, I, is attached to the upper oross-bar, y, of tl1e legs F by a hinge, '22, and to the lower cross-bar of the legs E by a pin, u, applied to the perforated extremity of the braoe. The cross-bar has an orifioe, t, Fig. 4, through whioh this 911d of the braoe extends, and the brace has shoulders 130 engage with the inner side of the cross-bar, whioh is olamped againstthese shouldersbythelocking-pin. Tl1e supporting-frame, thus formed, serves not 0111y to sustain the board 01' boards, but also, by ohe brace-bars H and I, to support dresses and other large garments oft the floor; and it is not only adapted 150 be readily folded into compact form, as illustraced in Fig. 4, but bhe fra1ne, when ereoted, is self-sustaining, and is inseparably attaehed 1:0 the main board ab but one end, and here by hinges z. Oonsequently, by turning the but ton G, and thus releasing theother end of the board, it n1ay readily be lifted, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and introduoed into dresses and similar garments, the board turning 011 13116 hin ges z. A sleeve-board, J, of suitable form, is mounted in the guides D, beneath the main board, and is projeeted, when required, through an aperture, s, in tl1e oross-bar B als one end of the main board, as illustrated in Fig. l. 'lhis arrangement faoilitates the use ofthe table by two persons a1: tl1e same time. 'lhe projection of the sleeve-board is limited by stop-pins a, (Fig. 4.) In Figs. 1 and 3, the table is shown as provided Wit;l1 a clohes-raok attaohment, K, consisting of a raok proper, o, a supporting-frame, n, hingos m m, and strut-braoes ll, with eyes p to engage With hooks q 011 t-l1e legs, bywhioh the 1aok may be attaehed o0 the back of the table when required. Vl1en detaohed, this rack may be hung 011 tl1e Wall or folded up. This raok fomns no part of the present invention.

'Io fold the table, as illustrated in Iig. 4, tho clothes-rack K having been detached, oho sleeve board J is first slid in. 'Ihe table may then be inverted. 'll1e fastening of tl1e legs F is next unlooked, by turning tl1e button G, and tl1e pin u is withdrawn from the e11d of the braoe I. The logs F are then detaohed fro1n the bar O and turned slightly, to withdraw the braoe I. 'Ihe latter is then laid down, and, tl1e legs beingtnrned inward, tl1e whole lies flat, as reprosented, the braoe I bein g slightly embedded, if necessary, as in the illustration. T0 seoure tl1e parts as thus compaoted, from displacement, a single button, L, is applied to the inner end of the sleeveboard J so as to occupy a osition behind the. lower oross-bar of oho legs F in the folded table. lt tl1us secure s the sleeve-board, and, by turning it over said o10ss-bar, it secures the legs F, and thereby oho other legs and t-l1e braoes, as illustrated.

For shipment, or when botl1 the part-s are t-o be stowed away, the folded rack K may be bound on the folded table, Fig. 4, the whole forming a small and ligl1t handle. The mode of erecting the table will be readily understood without further description. The hinges and other details may be 0f any approved material and construction, and for the principal parts any suitable wood may be employed.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with the main board. A, having the eross-bar B with aperture s, and the longitudinal guide-rails D on its under side, the sleeve-board J, as and for the purposes speeified.

2. The combination 0f the main board A,

the longitudinal braees H I, the framed legs.

E F, folding inward thereon, and the sliding sleeve-board J havin g the button L at its inner end. 130 seoure all the parts in compacted condition, substantially as herein shown am]. described.

WALLAOE H. FLINT.

Witnesses: v

EBENEZER J. ORMSBEE, GEORGE BLISS. 

